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| Los Angeles Social Venture Partners (LASVP) is a community of professionals with a two-pronged mission. We work with our nonprofit investees to help them strengthen their organizations and expand their capacity; and through this work and other educational activities, we expand the philanthropic capacity and expertise of our individual Partners, creating a venture philanthropy network that transforms our community… and ourselves. |
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Each SVP Partner makes an annual contribution of $5,000 to LASVP, or $1,500 for an Associate Partner. We "pool" these funds for investment in the nonprofits we select each year. But the core of our philanthropy is engagement. We give of ourselves -- our time, our expertise, and our business contacts -- to help our nonprofit investees achieve growth goals that they often thought were impossible. Through this direct involvement, we, too, are strengthened as philanthropists and more personally connected to the larger L.A. community.
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LASVP was founded in June 2004, and currently has 60 Partners. Our group is part of SVP International, a network of 25 city-based Social Venture Partners organizations in North America and Japan, with more than 1,900 partners. Since the first SVPi was founded in Seattle in 1997, SVP’s have invested an estimated $26.5 million and over 250,000 volunteer hours to more than 300 nonprofit organizations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current investment focus?
In 2007, we continued our investments in LA-based public charter schools, and began investing in environmental nonprofits. In prior...
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How many grants are made each year, and in what amounts?
Our “investments” include both our money and our time. Typically, we can make one investment for every 12 LASVP Partners. We expect...
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